Gas-producer.



B. VERSEN. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1908.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911,.

Inventer.

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Witnesses 90A 71 BEST AVAILABLE copy @U NITED BRUNO VERSEN, or, DQR'IMUND, GERMANY.

GAS-BRODUCER.

Specification of Letters Patent. -.P t j; a -,2 119 Application filed July 29. .1908. Serial No. 445,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that T, BRUNO Verses, a subject of the. German Emperor. residing at the city ol'.D a-tmmnl. in the Kingdon'i of Prussia. German IImpire,'ha\'e invented certuin new and useful Improvements in Gaslroducers: and I do hereliy declare the fol lowing to he a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereoinuhich form a part of this specification.

.My invention relates towns producers and has for its object to construct a producer capable of working automatically with fuel that in'mlures quite fusible sings or cinder, thefncl being supplied continuously at the top of the producer shaftnnd the air being supplied through a pipe enlarged at its end or burner. At the burner the COIIllJlh-IlOh chamber enlarges quite rapidly to prevent the slags or cinder from packingmnd to allow them to be free to fall into a water chamber below the furnace.

Referring to the drawings in which like parts are similarlv designated-Fi ure l is a vertiral section through a gas proi ucer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the lower part. of a gas producer showing: a modification. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line X-Y of Fig. l.

The Fuel is :fed from the hoppers a, Fi I. t a tni'igentia inlbstantiallx' horizontullv tlirsp 't'l feed conduit- (I. there being two SUCI wn lnitt and hoppers oppositely disposed. pi-ton rperating below the discharge o e: n; of the hopprr in the end of the feed it tor the fuel through the conduits ('I)" in :l-itonlral oinhustion chamber 1/ in the. Rim l the prodllr r.

'l l 'lullttl'tl (1 ol' the producer may he eonslllvtnl ftronlaininp' at llH upper part a gas w th at it ventral url tho combustion zone.

and at it low r part the slag or cinder zone; and :n lln' ronilar-timl zone at. or just below the burner. the chamber 1/ widens consid rably 1;. ha.-. a larger cross-secti nal area lhro mh which the fuel ran pass.

ln Fig. l th air f r rolnhnslion is supplied hrongh a pipe w extending downwardly into the producer and ending in an enlarged or flaring portion 1 fornnn" the burner. 'lhis pipe is surrounded by a cliam the proi her it formed between pipe. 0 and pipe 2 wlnelr is also enlarged at its lower portion and distanced from the pipe e so as to form -an annular space around said pipe of The pipe 2 opens into the upper part. of'the pio ducer, so that the distillation will he free to enter the annular chan'iber n at the upper end ofsaid pipe. The upper surface of the flared end of pipe (3 are cooled by a water cooler f, extend ng between the burner and the. lower edge of pipe 2 and is eontracted downwardlr to the portion of pipe 1 that prevents; the cinder from adherrug to the burner. At or below the burner and zone of combustion the producer widens and eontainsa body of water into which the hot einder'falls and is'disintegrated. The disintegrated cinder then drops through the body of water below the combustion zone to the smaller lower end of an upwardly .ineliued'einder discharge 5 that is-filled with water and forms a water seal. A cinder breaker or breaking cone g i srmonated ,in the lower portion or Water.clnunberofithe producer and is driven by aehain wheel or other suitable device mounted thereon be.- low the )rodueer. The enlarged port-ion of lucer at or about the combustion zone is provided with a water cooling jacket in. The gas produced has its exit at In above the water-jacket m and enters hollow eol mnus 1 that support the. producer: Nozzles o are formed at the burner. wlmreby the gas that has collected in the 'upper part of the producer will be drawn down we rd through the chamber 11- und nozzles o by the inc ming air through pipe so that this gas will be. mixed with thc air at. the zone of combustron.

In the mmliticatiofivl ig. l. the air supply pipe ent rs through the water chamber and terminates in an enlarged burner head surrounded and protected by a wateruoled hamber j enlarged at its lower end. the burner being construe-te l to dellert the air downwardly.

In both of these forms the. combustion zone at or abou the burner has a larger area of cross section to permit the cinder to automatically fall. so that there will he no constriction of the fuel at the zone of combustion lntt'rather a spreading otthe fuel at this point, so that it can loosen of itself and not become fused into a compact mass, or have conditions present wln h might lead to said resulh loo There is also a water coolin device at the outside of the roducer and one at the burner, so that t e fuel must pass between the two water coolers at the combustion zone, thus effectually preventin clinkers from stickin to these parts and c oking the downward eed of fuel.

The as producer is of the suction type, where t ie gas is drawn offat a point below the top.

I claim- 1. In a gas producer, the combination with a roducer bod enlarging down wardly om the com ustion zone; of a burner comprising a central air supply device, a pipe surrounding the device increasing in diameter downwardly to the combustion zone and opening at its top in gasspace of the producer body and supplying gas for the burner, a cooling device for the urner decreasing in diameter downwardly at the combustion zone, thereby forming an annular fuel chamber increasing in sectional area downwardly substantially as set forth.

2. In a gas producer, the combination with the producer body having conical walls at the combustion zone; of a burner comprising a central air su ply pipe and a central gas supply pi e} by gas from the space of the producer, a conical exterior at the burner, said cooler and conical wall tapering in opposite directions to form an annular combustion zone enlarging in section downwardly.

gas, a water cooler having 3. In a as producer, the combination with a vertical shaft; of an air supply device extending from the top downwar into the shaft and having an air supply pipe with an enlarged-exit end, a chamber surrounding said pipe, extending above the fuel level in the producer and communicatingwith theenlar ed discharge end.

4. In a gas pro ucer, a vertical shaft, a central air supply device extending from the to downward to the combustion zone, said evice comprisin a central air pipe having an enlar ed exit end, a water cooler for said end an a pipe surrounding the air pipe and extending from the cooler to above. the fuel level in the producer, thereby forming an internal annular fuel chamber decreasing in area downward, and the body of the producer enlarging at the combustion zone downward to provide larger space at the cinder zone, a water chamber in the lower part of the producer extending to the cinder zone to disintegrate the cinder, and the annular chamber between the two pipes communicating with the exit end of the air pi e.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRUNO VERSEN. a. 8. 

